Improvement in check-rein attachments



WITNESSl-:a

C.. H. DOW. Check-Rein Attachment.

4Patented Nov. 5, y1878.

N4 PETERS, FHOTOLITHUGRAPHF.R. WASHXNETON, D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

CHARLES H. DOW, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHECK- REIN ATTACHMENTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 209,553, dated November 5, 1878; application led March 25, 1878.

To alt whom it 'may concern:

Beit known that I, CnAnLEs H. Dow, of Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Check-Rein Attachments, of which the following is a specitication:

My said invention relates to a means for securely fastening the check-rein of a bridle to -the water-hook of a saddle and consists in an attachment to the cheek-rein of a shapely metallic frame having a removable filler of vul.- canized rubber, or other suitable material, substantially as hereinafter described.

The accompanying` drawing is hereby made part of this specification, similar letters of referen ce thereon indicating corresponding parts.

Figure 1 shows the metallic frame aforesaid. Fig. 2 shows the removable rubber filler; and Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the completed device, having the iiller and frame combined for use, said section being taken through the lines x of Figs. 1 and 2.

The frame aforesaid is made of metal or other suitable material, cast or worked into the desired shape, but preferably in the shape substantially as shown in Fig. l, having the loop c, by which the device may be buckled into the check-rein, and also having the fiattened parts a a, adapted to receive the double langed edge of the removable elastic filler. (Shown in Fig. 2.) V

The edges ofthe rubber ller (seen in Fig.

2) are provided with a double iiange,the space between the lips of which being sufficiently wide and deep to receive the part a of said frame when the filler is pressed therein. Said filler, if of rubber, maybe made by pressing the gum into properly-shaped molds, and vulcanizing or otherwise preparing the gum while so held in said molds'. V

rIhe check-rein is permanently buckled into the loop e at the end of the frame, and the device is affixed to the water-hook ofthe saddle by passing the hook through the slotted perforation in the filler, (seen at f.) The elastic filling so hugs the water-hook as to prevent the device from slipping ofi' or working out, and yet has all the iiexibility that can be desired.

Whenever the filler becomes worn or is torn or broken from any cause, it can be easily slipped out of the frame, and a new ller substituted with very little delay and at triilin g expense.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In a check-rein attachment, the combination of the metallic frame c c and doubleianged removable elastic lling, adapted to be applied and secured to the frame, all substantiall y as and for the purposes set forth.

CHARLES H. DOW. Witnesses:

'.IHos. P. BARNEFIELD, GEO. W. BARNEFIELD. 

